Welcome to the very first episode of Shortwave with Grant-Lee Phillips! Gather round as Grant-Lee Phillips welcomes old and new friends each week to share their music. Aimee Mann joins us on our very first episode to discuss her experience contributing her music to the film Magnolia, her thoughts on music piracy, the inspiration behind her new album “Charmer,” and to perform some of her songs live.

Cool show. It felt like a big departure from the usual Earwolf fare, more due to GLP's polished hosting style than the non-comedy subject matter. Good mix of talk and performances, like the short running time.

It actually took me half the show before I got used to how polished he is.

Yeah, my initial (admittedly somewhat crazy) reaction was that I didn't like it, but thinking a bit more, I like it both for the change of pace factor and because it seems pretty clear that he's taking the show seriously and doing some real prep work.